Impact of peri-operative malaria screening and treatment on surgical outcomes at the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua: a single-blind randomized controlled trial

Peri-operative malaria screening and treatment is not done routinely in the practice of surgery in Ghana. However, there have been reports from few cross-sectional studies revealing a link between peri-operative malaria infection and poor surgical outcomes in Ghana and other parts of the world. Meanwhile adverse surgical outcomes continue to pose significant socioeconomic burden on patients, families, communities and health systems globally particularly in low-middle-income countries like Ghana. The project seeks to determine impact of peri-operative malaria screening and treatment on outcomes of patients who undergoes elective surgeries at the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua.

• Study design: Single center randomized controlled trial

• Primary study design: Interventional

• Secondary study design: Randomised controlled trial

• Trial setting: Hospitals

• Trial type: Screening

ISRCTN project details

Diagnostics

Jul 2022 — Nov 2022

$10,754

Ghana